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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Before Dunder-Mifflin and before Mad Men, there was J. Pierrepont Finch, the lead of <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, </i>closing this weekend at Rabbit Run Theater in Madison.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'> has had three successful runs on Broadway, most recently featuring Daniel Radcliffe of Harry Potter fame in a 2011 revival. Winner of seven Tony Awards and the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the show comes to Rabbit Run as this summer’s Young Adult Production, featuring some of northeast Ohio’s most talented actors, 21 and under.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Young and ambitious J. Pierrepont Finch, or “Ponty”, does not know much about corporate skullduggery, but he becomes a quick learner when he happens upon the “how to” book <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying </i>and decides to act upon the book’s advice.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>Entering the World Wide Wicket Company in search of a job, he accidently bumps into company president, J. B. Biggley, and secures a position in the mailroom. Following the book’s step-by-step guidelines, Ponty has a riotous and meteoric rise on the corporate ladder making lots of friends and a few enemies along the way. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>How to Succeed </span></i><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>is based on the book of the same title by Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser. The show is directed by Brint Learned, and musical direction by Roberta Whitely and choreography by Jennifer Leinweber Ritz.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'>The show runs Thursday through Sunday, June 27 - 30. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tickets for all performances are available by calling the box office at 440-428-7092, Wednesday through Sunday, 3 to 7 p.m. or on line at </span><a href="http://www.rabbitrunonline.org"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.rabbitrunonline.org</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. Tickets are $21/adult and $19/senior, student. For group packages and rates call 440-428-5913.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#303030'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All shows begin at 8 p.m. Rabbit Run Theater is located at 5648 W. Chapel Rd., Madison, and is one of the few remaining barn theaters in Ohio. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>